March By Topic: Intellectual Property

The precise time that applications are filed for Community trade marks (CTMs) is irrelevant when assessing whether the applicant has a priority right to restrict others registering the same mark nationally elsewhere in the EU, the European Court of Justice...

A High Court judge has laid out flaws in using internet protocol (IP) addresses to identify alleged copyright infringers which should have "ramifications" for how imminent new anti-piracy rules operate, a campaign group has said.

New laws on the archiving of digital content will not require publishers to provide online content to storage libraries if the information is not able to be obtained through web harvesting, the Government has said.

The Government is "not backing away" from figures outlining the apparent economic benefits to be gained from reforming UK copyright laws despite criticisms of the projections by rights holders and MPs, according to a newspaper report.

The rights to broadcast live English Premier League football matches could be sold on a pan-European basis following a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) last year, the Premier League's chief executive has said.